[GoNative]

My travels thus far have mostly been to see mountains and either ski or climb them.

So far I've travelled to;

Australia - My home country and have travelled just about everywhere in the country except for far North Queensland and NW Western Australia. Both areas are damned hot and I have no real intention of ever going (I'm not that keen on hot places)

South America - Been to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Spent over 6 months down there with about half that time hiking and climbing mountains along the Andes. Climbed a 6,100m mountain in Bolivia. Far southern Argentina and Chile, the area known as Patagonia was my favourite region. Nothing more spectacular as far as I'm concerned than massive glaciers flowing right down into the ocean.

Canada - Spent a season working for a heli-ski company in Revelstoke in British Columbia. Did a little travel around BC and just into Alberta to some major ski areas. Did a fair bit of backcountry skiing around Rogers Pass.

Nepal - Did a month long trek in the Annapurna region getting up to Annapurna base camp and doing the circuit of the range.

India - Have been a couple of times. First time was just a normal sightseeing trip seeing things like the Taj Mahal and frankly more temples, forts and other man made structures than I can possibly remember. 2nd trip was into the Kulu Valley for a couple of months doing ski mountaineering trips to some of the major peaks in the region. Amazing place.

Vietnam and Thailand - Saw a reasonable amount of both countries but spent a lot of time just relaxing on beaches. Spent about a month in each country.

New Zealand - been numerous times for skiing both on the North and South islands.

Japan - Spent a couple of months down on Honshu but the rest of the near 7 years I've been here up in Hokkaido. Finally living the dream of living and working at a ski resort. Have travelled fairly extensively around the isalnd. A truly beautiful part of the world.

I wish to travel to;

For some years I've been planning a trip to far western Mongolia to climb and ski in the mountains there. Might be able to get a group together to do it within the next 2 years.

I want to travel to Europe to see The Alps, sort of last of the worlds great mountain ranges that I've yet to see. Of course I'd like to climb a few peaks and ski them whilst there.

Really want to go to Antarctica. A friend of mine who I've done mountaineering trips with before is a pilot down there so I'm hoping to work something out with him to get a bit of time down on the frozen continent.